BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 28 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following statement on June 27, 2024: * * * Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following statement in response to today's ruling of the Supreme Court of the United States in Moyle v. United States dismissing the case as improvidently granted and lifting its stay of an order by the U.S. District Court of the District of Idaho. Today's decision temporarily allows pregnant people in Idaho   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 28 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following statement on June 27, 2024: * * * Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following statement in response to the ruling of the Supreme Court of the United States in Harrington v. Purdue Pharma L.P., reversing the decision of the Second Circuit and effectively vacating the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy plan. "It is no secret that members of the Sackler family, through their control of   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 28 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release on June 27, 2024: Today, Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell announced that her Office has secured a historic settlement in its case against Uber and Lyft that requires a minimum pay standard of $32.50 per hour and a suite of benefits and protections for drivers. Uber and Lyft will also pay a combined total of $175 million to the state to resolve allegations that the companies  more

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on June 27, 2024: Today, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey joined U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo at the National Child Care Innovation Summit, a first-of-it-kind partnership with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation that brings together public- and private-sector stakeholders to discuss the vital role of child care as economic infrastructure. Governor Heal  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 28 -- Boston University issued the following news on June 27, 2024: By Molly Callahan The Supreme Court on Thursday threw out a pair of cases barring emergency abortions in Idaho, clearing the way--for now--for pregnant people in the state to get abortions in cases when their health is at stake. The brief, unsigned opinion, issued "per curiam" or "by the court," declared that the order to send the cases from the lower courts to the Supreme Court had been "improvi  more

SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts, June 28 (TNSres) -- Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. issued the following news release: Eastbridge Consulting Group has named MassMutual the 2023 Voluntary Sales Growth Leader in the small carrier category for its outstanding sales growth. MassMutual reported sales growth of 19% in 2023, 33% in 2022 and 58% in 2021 to earn the annual recognition from Eastbridge for companies with $10 million to $49.9 million in voluntary sales. Eastbridge recognizes carriers   more

IPSWICH, Massachusetts, June 28 -- EBSCO Information Services, a division of EBSCO Industries, issued the following news release: EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) will award $300,000 in grants spread amongst five libraries: Biblioteca Daniel Cosio Villegas, Mexico; Royal Oak Public Library, Michigan; Williamsville Public Library, Illinois; Carnegie Public Library, Arkansas; and The University of the Incarnate Word School of Osteopathic Medicine Library, Texas. These libraries will receive an   more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, June 28 -- Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Florida, issued the following news release on June 26, 2024: Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced the appointment of Christine Miller to the Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners. Christine Miller Miller is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Greater Plant City Chamber of Commerce. Previously, she served as the Executive Director of the United Food Bank and Services of Plant City, Inc. Miller earned her bachelor'  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 29 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on June 28, 2024: Today, Governor Maura Healey announced the appointment of Pamela Everhart to serve on the Massport Board of Directors. Everhart currently serves as the Senior Vice President of Regional Public Affairs, Inclusion, and Impact at Fidelity Investments. "Pamela Everhart is a highly respected business and community leader who understands the essential role that Massport plays in   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 28 (TNSres) -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on June 27, 2024: Governor Maura Healey yesterday met with Northeastern University's InnovateMA co-op students, who are working alongside state agency partners to improve the delivery of services and programs for Massachusetts residents using Artificial Intelligence (AI). Governor Healey created the InnovateMA partnership earlier this year as part of her efforts to position Massachus  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 29 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on June 28, 2024: * * * Norfolk safety-net site opened this week, will accommodate more than 140 families experiencing homelessness at full capacity * * * The Healey-Driscoll administration today announced that, as of July 9, 2024, sleeping overnight in Logan Airport will no longer be permitted. This decision comes as a result of the administration's recent efforts to open a new safety-net  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 29 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on June 28, 2024: * * * $2.5 million in funding now available for renovations * * * The Healey-Driscoll Administration announced today a new partnership between the Department of Early Education and Care (EEC) and MassDevelopment, the state's development finance agency and land bank, to support family child care programs' capital needs. Through this new Family Child Care Capital Grant Prog  more

IPSWICH, Massachusetts, June 28 -- EBSCO Information Services, a division of EBSCO Industries, issued the following news release: * * * ~ Extension of Contract and New Offerings to Enhance Research Experience for All Residents of Indiana ~ * * * INSPIRE, Indiana's Virtual Online Library, has extended its contract with EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO), enhancing product offerings to provide a robust collection of online resources to all residents of Indiana who have Internet access at schoo  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 28 -- Liberty Mutual Insurance Group issued the following news release on June 27, 2024: To help mid-size companies better manage foreign exposures, Liberty Mutual Insurance launched Liberty WorldWise, a flexible product tailored to the needs of individual companies that have employees working abroad or maintain foreign operations requiring more sophisticated controlled master programs. "We tailored our product to meet the needs of mid-size companies in the US that   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 28 -- The Massachusetts Department of Transportation issued the following news release on June 27, 2024: The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) reported today that its Massachusetts Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Program continues to grow and make a difference as the 2023-2024 academic year comes to an end, with 72 additional schools joining SRTS since last September. The total number of partner schools across Massachusetts is now 1,171, located in 28  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 28 -- Boston Mayor Michelle Wu issued the following news on June 27, 2024: Mayor Michelle Wu was joined on Saturday, June 22 by the Longfellow Area Neighborhood Association (LANA), elected officials, and community members to cut the ribbon on improvements to the Roslindale Wetlands Urban Wild. This event celebrated the 2021 acquisition of 108 Walter Street Parcel, a 35,000-square-foot parcel that has been added to the existing 9.5-acre Roslindale Wetlands Urban Wild,  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 29 -- Boston Mayor Michelle Wu issued the following news: Mayor Michelle Wu announced the contractors selected by the City of Boston to expand access to electric vehicle charging with a curbside demonstration program. Building new curbside charging stations will create more access for residents to charge their electric vehicles, especially those without private parking or access to a driveway or garage. Through the demonstration project, the City is seeking to test d  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 29 -- Boston Mayor Michelle Wu issued the following news on June 28, 2024: * * * Renovated former Boston Public School building creates 74 LGBTQ-friendly mixed-income apartments for older Boston residents and over 10,000 square feet of community space * * * Mayor Michelle Wu today joined Senator Elizabeth Warren, Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll, Pennrose, LGBTQ Senior Housing Inc., local elected officials and residents for the grand opening of The Pryde, Massachu  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 29 -- Mintz, a law firm, issued the following news release on June 28, 2024: Mintz Partner and International Chair of Life Sciences Cheryl Reicin and Member Dean Farmer, PhD will be speaking on two panels at the BayOConnect Forum for Biotech & Life Science (BayOConnect) in Munich on July 2. Cheryl will participate in a panel discussion entitled, "Risk and Reward - Comparative Strategies in Biotech Funding" and Dean will provide an introductory framework for a panel  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 29 (TNSres) -- Harvard University's T.H. Chan School of Public Health issued the following news release: Fish consumption during pregnancy is a complex scientific topic. On one hand, fish are rich in nutrients essential to brain development, including polyunsaturated fatty acids, selenium, iodine, and vitamin D. On the other, fish contain methyl mercury, a known neurotoxicant. This has led the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to recommend that expectant mothers limi  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 28 -- Boston Mayor Michelle Wu issued the following news: Mayor Michelle Wu announced the appointments of Ricardo Patron as Deputy Chief of Staff and Emma Pettit as Press Secretary. Pettit will begin serving as Press Secretary on July 1, 2024. Patron will transition into the Deputy Chief of Staff role through the month of July. Deputy Chief of Staff Yusufi Vali will be moving out of the City to attend to family matters and will transition out of the role. "Ricardo a  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 29 -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: Ropes & Gray has advised Partners Group, one of the largest firms in the global private markets industry, acting on behalf of its clients, on its investment in eStruxture Data Centers, the largest Canadian data center platform. As part of the CAD 1.8 billion transaction, Partners Group will acquire a stake alongside an increased investment from existing sponsor Fengate Asset Management. The investment will  more

WORCESTER, Massachusetts, June 29 -- Worcester Polytechnic Institute issued the following news release: Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) and Manchester Community College (MCC) in Manchester, New Hampshire have signed an institutional articulation agreement for MCC students transferring into WPI, guaranteeing them admission to WPI when they meet program requirements. Though MCC grads have transferred to WPI in the past, this agreement offers expanded pathways for transfer students and inc  more